Knockdown clamp-tank



J. F. A. DECK.

KNOCKDOWN CLAMP TANK.

APPLiCATION man DEC. 12. 19:9.

1,341,549, Patented May 25, 1920.

J. F. A. DECK.

KNUCKDOWN CLAMP TANK.

APPLICATION FILED PLC. 12, I919.

l,341,549. Patented May 25,1920.

2 SHEETS--SHEET 2- PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. A. DECK. OF OKIVIULGEEv OKLAHOMA.

KNOCKDOWN CLAMP-TANK.

Application filed December 12. 1919.

lie it known that I. Join l. lint-n. a eitizen ol the l'nited tates. residing at ()knntlgee. in the main y of ()kinulgee and State of Oklahoma. have invented a new and useful Knot-kdown (lamp-Tank. of \Ylllt'll the following is a spei'itit'tttlolt.

This inventihn relates "to the elass of metallic storing and, shipping vessels and more partirulartv ta frh' proved tanks for storing oil or other lit uidh. the olijeet thereof lreing to provide a novel tank of the knoek down-type. omposed of a ser e of seetions til metallie sheet metal plates joined together to provide a rigid eontainer eapahle of being made in large sizes to to sist ronsiderah le internal pressure.

A further ohjeet of the invention is to provide an improved elanip for eonneeting the stations of the tank. so that the same an he assetnhled with t'aeilitj' and when so assembled will remain water proof or liquid tight against the eseape of the nontained fluid, and which will not only perinit the tank to he inanutm-tured eeonoinieally but permit the parts to he [H'Utlllt'tltl and shipped to a desired point. where it is to he assetnhled, thereby lending etiit'ieney in the field.

With the above and other ohjet-ts in view whieh will appear as the deseription pro reeds. the invention resides in the ((DllllJi nation and arrangement of parts and. in the details of eonstru -tion hereinafter deserihed and rlainied, it being. understood that within the seope of what is elaitned. ehanges in the preeise embodiment of the invention shown ran he made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the aeeoinpanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved knot-k down tank;

Fig. i is an elevation thereof;

Fig. I5 is a bottom plan view of the tank;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view! at the top or rim of the tank, and showing the manner of joining the top and lateral seetion or side;

Fig. 5 is a sertiotial view tak n on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. and showing a dip or tldIltp in 'oitjunetion with the method of fastening the side plates togethen and Specification or Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 19.20.

Serial No. 334.445.

Fig. (5 is a set-tional view showing the manta-rot eonnerting the lmtttllll and side.

As shown in the drawings. in whit-h like referent-e eharaeters designate eorresponding parts throughout the several views, the tank is shown as eomprising a lateral seetion or side in formed of a series of ver-. tiral plates 11 of the proper eonvexity, the same being of sheet metal and having their vertit'al side eilges hent nadiall outwardly. as indivated at l2. sulistantially at right angles. and then riretuni'erentially in opposite direetion at right angles as indieated at 13, forming flanges hy whieh the strips [1 eonstituting the lateral section or side of the tank, are set-tired together. The t-lips are llltllttltt'tl at t4.and are in the form of rlainps eotnpi-ising opposed gjaws l5 and 1B snhstant ial l v ol' rertangular eross section and slightl elongated. The jaw 15 is provided with a projection 17 in the form of a rib. projerting from its inner fare and extending longitudinally thereof to en 'age a groove H5 in the inner fare of the jaw 16. These fares are also provided with eoaeting grooves 1!) extending longitudinally thereof, these grooves or reeesses 1!), being designed to ret-eire the flanges [3 after the flanges 11! have passed between the mat-ting inner faves ot' the jaws inwardly of tlt: recesses 19. a suitable parking 21) of wirel asbestos, mineral wool or the tike being inserted between the outturneil portions or flanges 12, 0 as to prodln'e a liquid tight joint. A riamping member or holt Qt is engaged through the eoaeting jaws, alined apertures heing provided therethrough for this purpose. so that the jaws ran be tightly rlantped together against the outt'nrned portions of the plates or side seetions lt, so as to rigidly eonnet't the same, and prevent separation thereof. 15y this construction, the tank is permitted to withstand consideralile outward pressure without permitting! the joints to separate andthereby preventing the tank from leaking.

The elatnps lt are preferably disposed in spaced relation eir'nmferentially of the tank hotly, and. spaced also vertiea'lly at the ,joints between the-sections or plates 11 and as shown in the drawings, the elamps are disposed in closer relative positions toward the bottom of the tank. in order to permit withstanding of the inereased pressure nd weight against the lateral seetion or side at the bottom. as eompared to the same at the top portion of the tank.

The bottom of the tank is indirated at 2'2. and eomprises an intermediate seetion :23 and substantialiy semi-eireular seetions .24; at either side thereof. having their peripheral edges eoofornting to the end edges of the intermediate seetions '23. and having their sides. formed with flanges joined by elamps eorresponding to the elamps 14. as already deserzhed. llowever. in order to join the peripherai edges of the bottom to the lower edge of the lateral seetion or side of the tank. there are provided .elamping members 2.) of the same eonstruetionas the elamping members 1-1. exeept that the bottom and the side are arranged in eontiguous relation to enter between the jaws 15 aml 16. In other words the bottom is made of sutiieiently larger diameter to be reeeived between the jaws 15 and 16. and is then bent upwardly at right angles. as indieated at 26, to enter one of the grooves or reeesses 19. the same being formed in the jaw 16 as shown. The bottom edge of the side portion of the tank is bent outwardly at right angles as indicated at 27. and upwardly as indieat/ed at 28, at right angles to the portion 27,

a so as to' eo-act with the portion '26 and be retained from radial displaeement. when the jaws are elamped togethezz-with an inter mediate parking 2!), of the type heretofore It is also to be understood that the jaws are elamped together in the manner heretofore speeilied. thereby produeing an efi'eetive eonneetion at the edges so joined.

The top or rover formed of an intermediate seetion 31. and

side seetlons 32. one of whieh may be provided with a suitable manhole 33. the rover of whieh is indieated at 34 for obvious purposes. lhe eo-aeting edges of the seetions 31 and 39 whieh engage eaeh other. are eonneeted by lamps. in the same manner as deseribed in eonueetion with the side of the tank, and shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. However. in order to eonneet the top or cover to the side of the tank. elamps 35 are employed. these eiamps substantially eorresponding to the eonstruetion of the elamps 14 and 25 and it is to be here noted that the rib or projeetion 17 may be of anv desired eross seetion, while the inner wall of the groove or reeess 18 may extend at an oblique angle from the end wall thereof. so as to permit the neeessary interfitting engagement of these .parts. when assembling the abutting flanges at the edges of the plates and the parking. anil joining the same. as speeitied. ln joining the eover to the side. the top edge of the side is ln'utolltu'nl'dl) is designated at 30 and is as indieated at 36 and then downwardly as indicated at 37 to enter one of the grooves 19. while the eover is extended sutiieiently outwardly to enter between the jaws 15 and 16, and is then bent upwardly at right an gles. to form a flange 38 to enter the opposed groove 19, the eo-aeting portions being elamped together. with or without the park ing. as desired. although it is to be here stated that the parking is found unheeessary at the top. The rover is preferably braeed by means of angle stitfeners 39 preferably extending diametrieallv at right angles to eaeh other. and reeeiving through the renter of the eover. a pipe eolumn it! passed to the means otsupplvim or draining the tank with or of the tlu'u eontained therein and supported by series of braee rods 41 from the rover. whieh are preferably extended diagonally between said pipe and the rover and eomposed of threaded seetions eonneeted by turn buekles 12. in order that the pipe ean be properly supported in position.

Thus. it will be readily seen that the parts of the tank (an be shipped. knoek down and elamped together in the lield or whereever the deviee is designed to be used for eontaining oil or other liquids. This pro vides means whereby the tank ean be very eeonomieully produeed and set up. insuring ettieiency in the field. and resulting in a tank structure which is partieularly trong and sealed against leakage. The parts may be readily assembled and clamped together to form the eomplete strueture. without employing skilled labor.

Having thus deseribed my what I elaim is:

1'. A knoek down elamp tank eon prising a lateral seetion. and end seetions eaeh eomirising a series of sheet metal eetions having their meeting edges provided with flanges. at least one of said end seetions eomprising an intermediate sheet metal see tion with eonvexed ends and reetilinear side edges and semi-eireular set-lions at either side thereof and eoiiperatingtherewith to produce a rireular member, said semi-vireo lar seetions having reetilinear edges abutting the aforesaid rectilinear edges. said edges being provided with flanges and invention elamping means for eonnoeting said set tioos at the flanges. said elamping means eoiuprlsmg eoaeting aws provided with registering reeesses for reeelvmg said flanges and adapted to elamp the'seetions inwardly of i said reresses. mamfiifor preventing relative movement of the jaws faeewise but adapted to permit angular engagement and disengagement thereof, and moans between the reeesses and elamping the jaws together.

2. knoek down rlalnp tank emnprising a lateral seetiou. a bottom, a rover. eat-b the last-tanned means for i passed through the jaws.

romprising a series of sheet metal sertions having their meeting edges provided with flanges. and clamping means for connecting said sections at the flanges, said elamping means eomprising eo-at-ting jaws, means to hold the jaws against relative movement faeewise or lengthwise, said jaws being provided with grooves for receiving said flanges, packing means between certain of said seetions at the flanges and between the jaws, and means for clamping said jaws together.

3. A knock down elamp tank for eontaining oil or the like, comprising a lateral seetion formed of a series of strips of sheet material disposed with their edges in abutting relation and formed with right angularly bent portions substantially parallel thereto, a bottom for the tank, and clamps for eonneeting said right angnlarly bent' portions with an intermediate parking. said clamps comprising jaws having reeesses rereiving said portions and clamping the same together between the recesses and the inner edges of the jaws against the strips, one of said jaws being provided with a rib and the other provided with a recess engaged by the rib at their co-acting faces, and clamps 4. A knock down elamp tank for containing oil or the like, comprising a lateral seetion formed of a series of strips of sheet ma terial disposed with their edges in abutting relation and formed with right angularly bent portions substantially parallel thereto, a bottom for the tank, and clamps for eonneeting said right angularly bent portions with an intermediate parking, said rlamps eomprising jaws having reeesses rereiving said portions and clamping the same together between the recesses and the inner edges of the jaws against the strips, and "Rains for holding raid jaws together in (damping relation to t in angular-1y bent portions. said jaws being held from turning one relative to the otheri and said clamps bein' disposed in spared relation.

5. [he rombination with relatively flat sheet metal sw-tions adapted to be secured together at their edges and provided with flanges bent in angular relation with resper-t thereto: of elamping means therefor. s: id

elampiug means ineludin jaw liilKkS disposed in rontart and provided with roueting grooves extending aeross the same and re- ('(l\ ing said angularly bent portions in opposite dirertions. said jaw block lumping said seetions inwardly of said grooves. said augularly bent portions being designed to l'woivt' a parking therebetweeu. one of said jaw blo le: Inning :i H-VPHH arross its inner id ntljm'enf to its outer end and the other jar lilUt'lx' having a rib arrows its inner taro r-ar:; -lng said rerrssi and adjustabl rlunipit w o flhjflwf'l through the jaw blorks between the groovw and .said rum-ling rib and reress.

(l. A i-laiup oi the (lass desrribed rompri ing ro-zu-tiug jaw bloehs. said jaw bloelcs being provided with ro-arting registering reresses in their inner l'ares adapted to h eeive angularly bent portions of a plurality of abutting sheet metal sertions therein and to (lamp said sertiuns inwardly of said reeess, said jaw bloeks having alined openings therethrough intermediatelv of their ends, one of said jaw bloeks being provided near its outer end with a groove across its inner fare and the opposed jaw bloek having a rib aeross its inner fare engaging said groove. and a eonnertiug member for the blocks passing through said openings between the reress and the roarting groove and rib.

The eoinl ination with sheet metal sertions adapted to be secured in abutting rekition at theiredgo-- and provided with llanges bent outwardly and then laterally in parallel relation to said seetions; of clamping means tlwrelor, said ehimping means ineluding rertangular jaws disposed in row tact and with their inner edges aHdting the sections and rereiving said outwardly extended portions therehetween. said jaws being provided with opposed registering recesses extending longitudinally thereof spared from the inner edges thereol and receiving said laterally bent portions. parking means between said outwardly bent portions, said jaws being provided with alined transverse apertures, and a bolt passed th ough apertures for rlampiug said jaws.

h. The eonibiuation with sheet metal seetions adapted to be seeured ill abutting relotion at their edges and provided with flanges bent outwardly and then laterally in parallel relation to said portions: of elamping means therefor. said rlaniping means iueluding rel-[angu ar jaws disposed in eontart and with their 'nner edges abutting the set-{ions an-d rem-eh ng said outwardly extended portions tlr ehetween. said jaws being provided \\'ltl. opposed registering reresses extending longitudinally thereof spared from the inner edges thereof and re.- reiving said laterally bent portions. parking means between said outwardly bent portions said jaws being provided with aliued transverse apertures. one of said jaws being provided with a longitudinal groo've and the o her of said jaws being provided with a longitudinal rib eiigagiug in v aid groove to hold said jaws being provided with a longitudinal rib engaging in said groove to hold said jaws in alinement, and means to (-onnert and rlamp said jaws together.

9. A elamp for the purposes set forth,

romprising roaeting rertangular blorks of elongated formation, said lllfit'ltS forming aws and having ai'ined transverse openings therethruugh interniediutely of their ends, one of said aws being provided near its outer edge with a rectilinear groove in its inner face and the inner face of the opposed jaw being provided with a rectilinear rib snugly fitting said groove, said jaws near their inner edges being provided with opposed recesses at their inner faces, and a bolt connecting said blocks through said openings therein for clamping the same to- 10 gather.

In testimony that-1 claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. A. DECK. Witnesses:

HUGH P. HALL, W. D. Pnmimn'ron. 

